Cville Dems

The Charlottesville Democratic Committee

Executive Committee Meeting (Jan. 29, 2024)

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Six cartoonish (faceless) people sitting around a meeting tableWe’re back to regular meeting schedules, weather willing. The first meeting with new officers and other Executive Committee members will be 6:30pm on Monday, Jan. 29. The location is the Madison Room at the Jefferson Madison Central Library. If you’re new to the Cville Dems, welcome! Come meet lots of like-minded people.

Also, mark your calendars for the next Full Committee meeting. Every Cville Dem is welcome — 6:30 pm, Monday, Feb. 26. Location to be announced closer to the meeting.

New Officers and Precinct Leaders Elected at 1/13 Biennial Reorganization Meeting

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Simple (childish) clipart drawing of a blonde angel hovering with 2 pairs of wings and wearing a blue skirt, top, and shoes.The “changing of the guard” election day for Cville Dems on Jan. 13 was a great social gathering. The good cheer of the registration hour led nicely into the elections of:

Co-Chairs: Josh Throneburg and Nancy Damon
Vice-Chair: Dashad Cooper
Treasurer: Jason Vandever
Secretaries: Ruth Goldeen and Will Evans

Four appointed positions are on the Executive Committee:

Communications: Mary Jane Gore
Voter Registration: Suzanne Michels
Voter Protection:  Jeremy Jones
Fundraising:  Still seeking candidate(s) — Please contact Nancy Damon if you might be interested in helping out (e.g. brainstorming fundraising ideas)

Some new and familiar faces are taking posts as precinct officers for 2024:

Buford: Co-Chair Dashad Cooper, Co-Chair Steven Johnson
Carver: Co-Chair Lucy Pola, Co-Chair Leonard Schoppa
CHS: Co-Chair Mike Cameron, Co-Chair Ned Michie, Vice Chair Kristine Montamat
Clark: Chair Laura Shea,
Jackson-Via: Co-Chair Noemi Paz, Co-Chair Carrie Schaffer
Johnson:  Co-Chair Ivy Hinton, Co-Chair John Shepherd
Key Rec: Co-Chair Cyndy Chapman, Co-Chair Dave Chapman
Venable: Chair Lyle Solla-Yates
Walker: Co-Chair Hugh Colvin, Co-Chair James Quillen, Vice Chair Erica Goldfarb

Election Results and Meeting Report: 1/13/24 Biennial Reorganization

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Cville Dems C-Ville Weekly display ad for Rescheduled bienniel Reorganization meeting. Under the header "What Do We Want?" are stylized images for environment, economic opportunity, diversity, equity and education. Under the second header "How Will We Get It?" are photos of Donald Trump, and Bob Good with red diagonal slashmarks through their faces and a photo of a ballot box. Below is text describing when and where the Cville Dems' January 6, 2024 Reorganizational Meeting is being held and how it works, and the Dems logo is given at the bottom with the note saying that this ad was paid for by the Charlottesville Democratic Committee.We had a wonderful gathering Saturday afternoon for our the biennnial Reorganization Meeting.
Election results (please congratulate and thank these good people when you see them next!):
  • Co-Chairs: Josh Throneberg and Nancy Damon
  • Vice Chair: Dashad Cooper
  • Treasurer: Jason Vandever
  • Co-Secretaries: Ruth Goldeen and Will Evans
Turnout was good with many, many new faces. Outgoing chair John McLaren asked which attendees had never been to a Dems meeting and a forest of hands went up.
Thanks to everyone who signed up Saturday to volunteer for a role in the 2024 campaign; please invite your friends to join you, we’ll need even more people to get involved if we’re going to save our democracy by winning in the November election!!

Thanks also to all of the former leadership team for their hard work in organizing the event, especially John and Nancy Damon and Mary Ann Harris (stepping down from Secretary but taking on the important role of Vice-Chair of Records). Thanks also to Josh Throneburg and his wife Minhee who brought scones and drinks, Nancy Damon who brought cookies and other snacks, and Kevin Lynch who brought cider and arranged for musicians to play during the sign-in hour. Ann Goedde and John Shepherd helped with setup and cleanup, Llezelle Dugger helped with dues collection, and Dashad Cooper, Carrie Schaffer, and Abdulla Al Kaisi helped check people in.